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Mets not in significant trade talks with other clubs for Dillon Gee

by Igor Mello | CBSSports.com

Mets general manager Sandy Alderson told reporters there's barely any dialogue between other clubs about potential trades for pitcher Dillon Gee, who was on the block during the winter meetings. Gee is scheduled to start Wednesday's Grapefruit League opener against Atlanta, though he's slated to start the regular season as a long reliever.

"I think most clubs, including ours, are focused on what's going on in camp and evaluating what they already have," Alderson said, per ESPN. "If there's going to be any significant trade talk, I think typically it's going to happen later in spring training, unless there's an injury of some sort. By and large, I think that comes more in the second half of spring training."

"Montero's a name," Collins said. "Gee's a name. Syndergaard's a name. Bunch of guys you gotta take a look at. We've got to get Dillon Gee ready. If somebody goes down, he's the guy. He'd be the next guy. This guy's won 14 games two years in a row in the big leagues. He's going to be the next guy and then after that you just have to see what happens."

After Mets manager Terry Collins said pitcher Dillon Gee will likely pitch out of the bullpen if there are no injuries, Gee said he feels he should be a starter, reports NJ.com.

"I feel like I should be starting somewhere," Gee said. "I think my record and stuff have proven that I could be a starter in the big leagues. So to be sent to the bullpen this early in my career when I could be getting on another role. I've pitched well — before I got hurt last year I was pitching extremely well. I'd say it's just frustrating to know that I could be in the bullpen where I definitely could be starting, a starter still."

Gee said he's preparing as if he'll be a starting pitcher, but added he isn't sure if he'll pitch as a starter or out of the bullpen.

"I think I can still succeed as a starter. It's frustrating in that regard. If I stay on this team then obviously, number-wise, something is going to have to happen. I'm going to do the best I can where ever that is," Gee said.

If the Mets come out of spring training without any injuries to their starting rotation, manager Terry Collins said pitcher Dillon Gee will move to the bullpen, according to ESPN.com.

ESPN also reported the Mets would be willing to trade Gee if the opportunity presented itself. However, Collins said he wants to have Gee on the roster in case he's needed to step into the rotation.

“Obviously we have to get him ready to start,” Collins said. “As I’ve said every spring, we’ve got to find six or seven starters, because you don’t know what’s going to happen in spring training. I certainly hope Dillon is on this team.